Energy Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
What are tropic levels?
A
They are different feeding levels
2
Q
What are the 5 trophic levels?
A
Primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumer and decomposers
3
Q
What is the role that primary producers play?
A
They convert energy from the sun through photosynthesis.
4
Q
What is also known as a herbivore?
A
A primary consumer
5
Q
What is an Auto-troph
A
An organism that creates its on own food using energy from the sun.
6
Q
What do secondary consumers do?
A
They eat primary consumers
7
Q
What is the purpose of the food chain?
A
To show the transfer of energy between trophic levels
8
Q
If a gazelle eats grass and a tiger later eats it. Which is the prey?
A
The gazelle
